Master Builders Continue to Push for Missing Middle Zoning in 2020 Agenda

On Thursday morning in a ballroom at the Meydenbaur Convention Center in Downtown Bellevue, the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS)...

How Seattle Designed Neighborhood Plans to Inhibit Inclusivity: Part 2

This is a two-part series! The first part was a brief overview of the Growth Management Act, King County’s Urban Growth Boundary, and how we ended...

How Seattle Designed Neighborhood Plans to Inhibit Inclusivity: Part 1

This is a two-part series. The first part is a very brief overview of the Growth Management Act, King County’s Urban Growth Boundary, and how we...

Sunday Video: Is Vancouver The Best City In North America?

https://youtu.be/P8dmVUrNt38 In this video, Dave Amos of City Beautiful explores what Vancouverism is with a particular focus on urban design.

Unraveling the Problem Called Interbay

Early this year, a call went out that the Interbay Armory Advisory Committee was looking for community proposals on what to do with 25...

Seattle Needs A Housing Politics Movement Like Germany’s Wohnungspolitik

Actually, Seattle needed a cohesive and comprehensive Wohnungspolitik 40 years ago, but late is better than never. What is a Wohnungspolitik? The literal translation from German is...

Residents Push for 2024 Opening of 130th St Link Station, Consider Zoning Changes

At a recent light rail station planning event for future Link stations at NE 130th Street NE and NE 145th Street, people crowded into...

Mountlake Terrace Readies Town Center for Light Rail with 12-Story Zoning

Mountlake Terrace adopted notable changes to its primary urban node, expanding its boundaries and increasing development capacity near its future Link station. The city...